Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

A hybrid molecular peapod of sp2- and sp3-nanocarbons enabling ultrafast terahertz rotations

  • Taisuke Matsuno,
  • Seiya Terasaki,
  • Kanako Kogashi,
  • Ryosuke Katsuno,
  • Hiroyuki Isobe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25358-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Mechanical motions in hybrid sp2/sp3 -hybrid nanocarbon peapods might lead to promising materials applications, but have been insufficiently explored. Here the authors demonstrate that a diamondoid molecule trapped inside a carbonaceous cylinder undergoes solid-state rotations at terahertz frequencies.